Not mine, although I might do that sometime, but Christy Hemenway is writing one that I think will be out soon.

Christy has really good videos that explain important aspects of beekeeping with top bar hives. It is good news indeed that she is writing a book. Something to look forward to.

Michael, you really should consider compiling a top bar book of your own. All the bits and pieces are already available on your site. What i'm hoping for is a book that describes the seasons of a top bar hive and the work needed at certain times. Not a hard coded calendar, month by month, but one with the dates replaced by natural events.

I could even help write such a book as a net apprentice. The experience would indeed be a good salary.

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The name is "The §¤«£¿æ". I don't think its available anywhere for free but I have seen it for sale various places, including Lulu (as both ebook and book) and some other independent ebook places and in book form on Amazon. I think he has the plans for free on his web site. http://www.§¤«£¿æ.com/

Hmmm.... guess I forgot about that. Mr. Chandler managed to get himself and any reference to himself removed forum this forum. Which, I suppose brings up the downside. Mr. Chandler is a bit strident... I guess you'll have to find it on your own... but a search on "Chandler" and "Top Bar Hives" should work...

I found "The Bee-friendly Beekeeper A sustainable approach" by David Heaf to be an excellent introduction to the philosophy and practice of top bar beekeeping. Its all you need to do it.

It even has plans for the Warre hive. I got it on line, I think from ABE. It is about top bar beekeeping, mainly Warre, but also Kenyan and other types too. David Heaf is British and the book is published in the UK by Northern Bee books. Cheers

Dr. Wyatt A. Mangum, who writes a monthly article in ABJ called “Honey Bee Biology”, is also publishing a 400+ page book on top-bar hives this summer. It sounds like it'll be a good year for tbh books!!

I have the "practical beekeeper" By Michael and the "§¤«£¿æ" by §¤«£¿æ both excellent resources. I am halfway through "Top Bar Hive Beekeeping by Dr W.A. Magnum which is another excellent resource and Dr Wyatt writes with a unique style that I enjoy. As I see it all three meet the criteria you are looking for and should be in in top bar beekeepers library. I would , in retrospect, have started with Dr Wyatt's book. He shows a lot of creative ideas geared towards top bars. Like Mr Bush shows and teaches everything you need to know about rearing queens as does Dr Wyatt, in addition Dr Wyatt shows how and why he built queen cages(and many other things) specifically for top bar hives. I know this is an older topic and I feel it was worth bringing up